tie down

英 [taɪ daʊn]

美 [taɪ daʊn]

限制; 束缚; 牵制

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 限制;束缚;牵制
  A person or thing thattiesyoudownrestricts your freedom in some way.
  1. We'd agreed from the beginning not to tie each other down...
     我们一开始就说好了不会互相束缚。
  2. The reason he didn't have a family was that he didn't want to be tied down.
     他没有成家的理由是不想被捆住手脚。

英英释义

verb

• restrain from independence by an obligation
  1. He was tied down by his work
• secure with or as if with ropes
  1. tie down the prisoners
  2. tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
  Synonym:tie upbindtruss

双语例句

• Tie down the foam and form the head of the cricket
  把泡沫绑起形成蟋蟀的头部
• Don't try to tie me down with those conventions.
  不要试图用那些协议限制我。
• Hua said:" I am afraid that you will be scared, so Isuggest that we set up a post with a loop to tie down your arm with rope. Then, when your eyes are covered, I will start the operation. "
  华佗说：“我怕你害怕，立一柱子，柱子上吊一环，把你的胳膊套入环中，用绳子捆紧，再盖住你的眼睛，给你开刀治疗。”
• Belay-Usually means to tie something down but pirates used it to prevent someone to do something.
  Belay-通常的意思是把什么东西捆起来，不过海盗们用来阻止某人做某事。
• We'd agreed from the beginning not to tie each other down
  我们一开始就说好了不会互相束缚。
• She doesn't want children because she says they tie you down.
  她不想要孩子，因为她说孩子会使你受到束缚。
• Believe me; believe me I can't help but love you but believe me I'll never tie you down.
  请你相信我吧，对你情难自禁。但请你相信我，我绝不束缚你。
• The comparable dates for the computer are harder to tie down, but the first big computer, based on vacuum valves, was built in1946.
  对于计算机来说，繁多的数据是很难被处理的。但是，世界上第一台基于真空管技术的巨型计算机诞生于1946年。
• Your fickleness will however entice a host of unusual suitors eager to tie you down.
  然而正是你的这种变化无常，却深深地诱惑着一群渴望牢牢套住你的追求者。
• A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!
  刮风暴了！快把东西系好，别刮跑了！